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Ethnic
/ˈɛθ.nɪk/
An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
📖 Definitions of "Ethnic"
noun
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An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
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An ethnic minority.
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A heathen, a pagan.
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(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
adjective
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Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
"There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands"
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Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
"I like to eat ethnic food"
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Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
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Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.
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